I’d tag as `abandoned:power=minor_line` since you said it is down in places.  

It is impossible to tell from the picture what its original purpose was, but 
this doesn’t matter much if you just want to get it mapped.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apower%3Dminor_line


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> On Jun 27, 2020, at 2:08 PM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Any idea whether this is an old powerline or an old phone line?  Photo is 
> geotagged, so if you download it and drop it into JOSM you can see the larger 
> context.
> 
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/6cMueDbGJPdz8Es77
> 
> It is near the location of this node:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/51241693
> 
> It runs for many km more or less along the track that above node is part of.
> 
> Wire is bare uninsulated. Most, or perhaps all, poles are still standing.  
> Wire is down in places.
> 
> How would you recommend mapping/tagging?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> Mike
> 
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